. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. f94 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. this species is readily distinguished. Both the female and the young- possess the same markings but the orange is replaced by a more or less bright yellow while all the black parts of the male are a greenish brown. NESTING HABITS. "Nests of these warblers are found in coniferous trees usually well 'Out towards the end of the limb and ten to thirty feet from the ground. 'The nests are made of grasses and rootlets lined with hair and closely resemble those of the Chipping Sparrow. The four eggs have a blu- ish green gro
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. f94 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. this species is readily distinguished. Both the female and the young- possess the same markings but the orange is replaced by a more or less bright yellow while all the black parts of the male are a greenish brown. NESTING HABITS. "Nests of these warblers are found in coniferous trees usually well 'Out towards the end of the limb and ten to thirty feet from the ground. 'The nests are made of grasses and rootlets lined with hair and closely resemble those of the Chipping Sparrow. The four eggs have a blu- ish green ground, specked, spotted and blotched with several shades of brown and gray. HABITS. "Without doubt this is the most exquisite of North American warblers and is the one most eagerly sought in the spring by all bird lovers. A anore beautiful combination cannot be imagined than that of the black, ?white and intense orange plumage of these birds when set ofiE by the rgreen leaves and pink and white blossoms of an apple tree for they ai- rways reach here when the latter trees are in bloom. Some years they rare especially abundant and I have seen as many as two dozen in sight at once. One of the prettiest sights that I recall is that of several of this species in a freshly plowed field together with a few Magnolia Warblers, several Tanagers and numerous sparrows. Their brilliant plumage stood out like gems in the midst of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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